Last week, as a California jury awarded Apple one billion in damages from the alleged iDevice copiers at Samsung, HTC was likely weighing its own options as the company continues to wage war with Apple in the courtroom.

Although we don't know for sure what executives for HTC thought as the verdict was read on Friday, it doesn't appear that Samsung's smackdown intimidated HTC in any significant fashion. As a result, new reports are coming to light Wednesday to suggest that HTC isn't going to back down one bit.

"HTC and Apple have been battling over patents," Digitimes reported this morning. But according to Cher Wang, chairperson of HTC, "despite Samsung's recent lawsuit loss, HTC does not have any intentions to settle."

HTC, which makes a plentiful bounty of Android-powered devices, could gain immeasurably from a victory against Apple. And so the company is allegedly planning to double-down on the case and give Apple the fight of its life in court.

Wang noted that HTC has great skills in innovation and has the confidence to face legal lawsuits with Apple. Samsung's loss, added Wang, does not mean the failure of the entire Google Android ecosystem.

HTC, however, hasn't focused all of its energy on the legal skirmish. In fact, the hardware giant is expected to release at least three new Android devices before Apple's 6th generation iPhone likely reaches consumers in late September.

HTC shouldn't be scared. Samsung were stupid and obviously copied making almost identical phones! At least HTC phones look different. And they are cheap and plasticy, nothing like the expensive glass iPhones.

^^Because Google have a lot more significant patents than Apple, significant as in how data is transferred through wifi and not something like square black box with rounded corner. I can guarantee you Apple would lose in the end if it is Apple vs Google.

HTC shouldn't be scared. Samsung were stupid and obviously copied making almost identical phones! At least HTC phones look different. And they are cheap and plasticy, nothing like the expensive glass iPhones.

iPhone 1 was plastic, iPhone 3G was plastic, iPhone 3GS was plastic. Only the current 4 and 4S is glass. So if you ever owned any of the previous generation you had a EXPENSIVE and "plasticy" iPhones.

Some of you just look like complete idiots to me. Who cares how expensive it looks, feels, or is?! All I am worried about if it does what I want it to do, not what some random stranger will think when they see me with it.

Some of you just look like complete idiots to me. Who cares how expensive it looks, feels, or is?! All I am worried about if it does what I want it to do, not what some random stranger will think when they see me with it.

This is a very interesting time for patent law. I would never have any expectation that HTC would suddenly back down. This is where their chance to influence the future of these patents. Why would they drop such an opportunity.